A new breed of publisher: towards open global sharing

Timothy S. DeliyannidesDirector, Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing

and Head, Information Technology

University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Publishing in LibrariesThe College at Brockport, State University of New YorkMarch 20, 2015

Strategic GoalInnovation in Scholarly Communication Support researchers in

– efficient knowledge production– rapid dissemination of new research– open access to scholarly information

Build collaborative partnershipsaround the world

Improve the production and sharing of scholarly research

Support innovative publishing services

Establish trusted repositories for the research output of the University

A Comprehensive Program for OA

Support for Gold Open Access: – Publishing journals, books and conference proceedings– Open Access Author Fee Fund; COPE

Support for Green Open Access:– 6 global, subject-based repositories– Local institutional repository and OA Mandate

Learning and teaching about OA

Advocacy and support for our OA partners

Measuring and marking success

Author Self-archiving Repositories (Eprints)

2001 PhilSci Archive

2001 Electronic Theses & Dissertations

2002 Archive of European Integration

2003 Minority Health Archive

2003 Aphasiology Archive

2009 D-Scholarship@Pitt (general Institutional Repository)

2010 Industry Studies Working Papers

ULS E-Journal Publishing

Rapid growth to 41 journals since 2007

55 additional journals hosted by ULS (Peer-reviewed scholarly research journals

Most are Open Access and electronic-only

Based on PKP Open Journal Systems (OJS)

Editorial teams are located around the world

Six journals have multilingual content

FY2000 FY2001 FY2002

FY2003 FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 -

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Documents in Pitt Repositories & Journals

Repository administration and publishing as dual roles

Publishing’ vs. ‘Dissemination’

Author self-archiving vs. editorial control

Institutional promotion vs. unbiased selection

The value proposition:– Service to the world– Service to the institution– Service to the profession

Why become a Publisher?

Provide services that scholars understand, need and value

Transform the unsustainable commercial subscription pricing system

Take direct action to support Open Access

Deepen our understanding of scholarly communications issues

Journal publishing goals

Propel scholarship at the University of Pittsburgh

Extend service beyond the home institution

Save ‘at-risk’ journals without the infrastructure or know-how to go electronic

Incentivize Open Access Publishing worldwide

Journal Publishing Strategies

Maintain quality and academic integrity

Choose partners carefully

Rely on self-sufficient editors

Work smart, not hard

Keep costs low

Journal publishing services:• Hardware and software hosting services

• Advice on best practices in e-publishing

• Consultation on editorial workflow management

• Web-based training for editorial staff

• Graphic design services

• ISSN Registration

• Assignment of DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers)

• Assistance in establishing formal acceptance and recognition of the scholarly content

• Digital preservation through LOCKSS

Ensuring and Maintaining Quality

Selection criteria

Publications Advisory Board– Advises on major policy decisions– Reviews journal proposals

Ongoing review of editorial practices

Assessment of research impact

Selection Criteria

Original scholarly content

Rigorous blind review process

Commitment to Open Access for content

Editorial Board of internationally recognized scholars

Scholarly Exchange™

http://www.scholarlyexchange.org

Approximately 55 additional Open Access journals

Acquired by the ULS on August 1, 2012

Hosting service only

ULS is NOT the publisher and does not provide publishing services

Increasingly scholars work on the Web

More scholarly work takes place outside of published journal literature

Altmetrics combines traditional impact measures (citation counts) with non-traditional measures:– online references in gray literature– online links to published and unpublished works– measures of impact through social networking

Measuring scholarly impact

Measuring success: altmetrics

Aggregates dozens of traditional and new measures

altmetrics widget imbedded in OJS journals and in institutional repository

Altmetrics pilot project (PlumX by Plum Analytics)

Sustaining Our Publishing Program

Since July 1, 2012, we charge fees for services to all new publishing partners

We incentivize Open Access through subsidies

Pitt publications are further discounted

Pitt student publications are free

Learning and teaching about OA Pitt Open Access Web site (openaccess.pitt.edu)

Lunch and learn series for liaison librarians– Monthly series of informal talks– 24 topics on wide range of Open Access & scholarly

communications issues– Inform ourselves and strategize how we can best talk to our

patrons about the issues

Outreach to the university community– Faculty and student orientations– Elevator talks– Open Access Week activities

Advocacy for OA publishing

First library publisher in North America to join the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)

Founding member of the Library Publishing Coalition

Member of Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity (COPE)

Major Development Partner for Public Knowledge Project (PKP)

Find this presentation here:http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/24130/

For more detail, see:

Timothy S. and Gabler, Vanessa (2013) The University Library System, University of Pittsburgh: How & Why We Publish. In: Library Publishing Toolkit. IDS Project Press, Geneseo, NY, pp. 79-96. ISBN 978-0-9897226-1-2

http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/19528/